Example Sentences

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Building a resilient portfolio that tolerates inflation is a good start.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

They are asking for individualized exceptions to a rule the law already tolerates.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

MIT engineers have created a new aluminum alloy that can be 3D printed, tolerates extreme heat, and reaches strength levels far beyond conventional aluminum.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

“A country that tolerates evil means- evil manners, standards of ethics-for a generation, will be so poisoned that it never will have any good end.”

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2023

The subsidiary reason is that the Party member, like the proletarian, tolerates present-day conditions partly because he has no standards of comparison.

From "1984" by George Orwell